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Mother and daughter, who both had heart transplants, use Motherâs Day to raise awareness about heart disease The month of May is National Stroke Awareness Month, and this Motherâs Day weekend is extra special for a mother and daughter pair who underwent heart transplants. Theyâre both doing well and are using the holiday to raise awareness about heart health, especially in African American women. (Source: WBRC) By Chasity Maxie | May 7, 2021 at 7:35 PM CDT - Updated May 10 at 12:35 PM BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - The month of May is National Stroke Awareness Month, and this Motherâs Day weekend is extra special for a mother and daughter pair who underwent heart transplants. ....
Alabama mother, daughter who had heart transplants have heart for others By Barnett Wright May 7, 2021 Ovuke’ Emonina McCoy, left, with mom, Lucy Emonina. Both had heart transplants in their early 40s because of a congenital ailment. (Ron Pride Photography) “Like mother, like daughter” is more than a proverb for Lucy Emonina and Ovuke’ Emonina McCoy, both of whom had ministrokes and received heart transplants decades apart. Mother (Emonina) and daughter (McCoy) were born with a genetic condition called hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a thickening of the walls of the heart that makes it difficult for the heart to pump blood. The illness runs in their family: Emonina lost four brothers and two sons, McCoy’s siblings, to the disease. ....
By Barnett Wright The Birmingham Times “Like mother, like daughter” is more than a proverb for Lucy Emonina and Ovuke’ Emonina McCoy, both of whom had strokes and received heart transplants decades apart. Mother (Emonina) and daughter (McCoy) were born with a genetic condition called hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a thickening of the walls of heart that makes it difficult for the heart to pump blood. The illness runs in their family: Emonina lost four brothers and two sons, McCoy’s siblings, to the disease. “When you say, ‘I want to grow up and be like my mom,’ you don’t think, ‘I want to be like my mom and have a heart transplant,’” said McCoy. “That’s what happened, [though] my mom had a heart transplant, and I had a heart transplant.” ....